Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

TRAVELLING IN stp,,
experience of an Englisbr
in Our Northern Po1.Na Tai

Travelling in Siberi, =.
is not unpleasant, not 4 = "a, us
good companion and no, y. !,
luggage. | unfortunateIy
panion about half the ioa u-a
my advice is-trayel alone x /
a huge box, which repders5
impossible to lie down oo,l \
in the tarantass, for You tr'r.,
and day. For the first tbr. I've
could not sleep at all. bu, y
we rearranged our luggage ~ "
my air bed, and went bsse .l V !.
live straw, which is best, A.
we slept, though as the rasg
bad we were sometimes wy
knocked about. The nights y,
mot more than three Navy
darkness-and we were N.Y.
during the whole iourner-
lrkutsk a traveller had bsss
and shortly before we passs5
this side of the Yablonoi ~.
five dead bodies had been fa..
pit at one point of the ro,S
highwaymen did we see on h.
of our journey Wolves wors
scarce; but the Siberian wol,
ardly animal, and seldom n.
with travellers. Far diferer,
bear, who frequently crosses H
road, much to the alarm Of ON,
who can not be induced ia \.
Bruin is q leisurely animal, and !
takes it into his head to ventura
the highway he sits there impsrl
bly,, nor will he bulge undlit
him, were all the tarantawe,
wolrd waiting for his departr1
you go at him with a rifle he "a,
you open-mouthed. But Of
danger ! don't think there is mi
worth speaking about. Som.
when you are tearing maily
hill, you realize thata stumbl6s
or a rotten plank in the byidss
make all the difference betwee1
| and eternity. But those res
take anywhere. AS to robbers. /
rather be in the widest and IA
Siberian forest on a dark nigh.
| would be in some parts Of St
burg or London. The dangers
are very small; but of the disco
and the want of comforts thef
is legion. The journey is led
not one for an invalid"
what is the cost Of trard
these parts?" 81 have ayerg
the whole from Niadiyostock
don about 80 shillings a day
ing everything. You can cfoI
length and breadth of Siberia 4
ing first class by steamers and
three horses in your tarani4
G100. and do the distance inaboH
months and a hall. The food
cheap, not very good. 10 th
drive from Stretinsk to TOmsk,
1900 miles, you run the riskof
somewhat poorly at the yarioa
stations. You are always sure
ing Il samovar with boiled water
which to make tea, and MILK
sometimes chicken. Beyond d
resources of the post-houas
often 90. The cost of living l
steamers, where You have yeq|
fare, is about 4 shillings a daY.I
cheapest thing is the drlyi1j
every ten to twenty miles alQ1
main route YOU come upon 4
house maintained by the goyeIa|
where you change horses, ID
your own carriage, aspringless
which does very well on smoothT'
but which jolts you terribly Vai
route is bad, and which you sell
YOU get on the far end. ! bous
tarantass at one end for tlS, qua
it at the other end for II,
} taken 60 pounds of joltins out 2
the eighteen hundred miles va
carried me safely. You drive
two to five horses, and traIel a.
, tho ,,ote of six miles 40 hour
pay for the horses pence y
the three-1 pence a mile per.
In the very far east you only II
that, or j. pence Il mule Ip'
, horses, which is certainly HO'
, But most of the way you Pr! >
a mile TOR the three. Inc dFhg
; is also provided by the govern
receives Il gratuity of 4penee "
! of ten miles. a.
I what about the Language
THAT is undoubtedly the ~
2 iiculty. My companion W. ~.
? much trouble in that respect W
; we parted | was thrown on y.
: resources. l had with mucl
; worked up a little Russian, cg ~
a little, and found it extrelne9p
r wretched and all as it was :
9 almost always found soIlle0T'
9 could talk French or German
4 nrottv we'll The Russians At
finguists. and speak FTen,.
e though they tell me that i4DS
going out of fashion. 49,.
-. "How did the people M
2 Were the officials at all trouo "
Z mot all all. l was tTeai Y
D the greatest courtesy ana a 4
e throughout. The Russian o.. ~
e met me We're thorough gentleTps
e from everyone, from Gen 'a. ? :
e downward, l received the Il
hospitality. The Russians ,. ~
me as a very kindly warm
people" .;gbt.
"The most interesting = Ia,
of the most painful, was the ~ !,
of convicts making thelr ""
! settlements. When sitting ~
/ town we would hear IN tn ~
q the clink. clink. clink o. ~ ~
and looking up we would FAN. iog